The Sustainable Furnishings Council is a non-profit balanced coalition of industry players created to promote sustainable practices among manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike with a public tagging program to identify good choices. We are over two hundred and fifty members strong and growing fast. The solution starts with you.

  • Sue Patrolia wins environmental award
    Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 00:47

    SAN FRANCISCO — Sue Patrolia has won first place in the professional category of Net Impact's 2008 Green Challenge for her work as founder of the Sample Waste Initiative for Furniture and Textiles, or SWIFT.  Read More>>

  • O Ecotextiles honored as a leading green supplier
    Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 05:00

    BOSTON — Seattle-based green fabrics supplier O Ecotextiles has been named one of BuildingGreen's 2008 Top 10 Green Building Products by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec. Read More >>

  • 80% Of U.S. Adults Show Some Type Of Green Motivation
    Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 05:00

    More than 80% of the total U.S. adult population show some type of green motivation, according to new research by Natural Marketing Institute.  Click here

  • Furniture fabric discards find good use
    Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 21:02

    ORLANDO, Fla.-Furniture industry fabrics that may have once gone to a landfill are finding a better use at the Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital here.  Quilts produced from discarded industry fabrics were first delivered to young patients three weeks ago through the Green Initiative for Furniture and Textiles, or GIFFT, program.  The furniture fabric quilt program was created by SWIFT, the Sample Waste Initiative for Furniture and Textiles, and by Houston-based recycling company Avangard Innovative and Yardle

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